Brian Heater
Proper Pillow Plus, An Orthopedic Pillow That Monitors Sleep Behavior to Help Improve Sleeping Positions
The Proper Pillow Plus is a new orthopedic pillow designed by San Diego-based company Proper Pillow that features a series of embedded sensors designed to…
‘The sound of empty space’, An Art Installation Exploring the Harmonic Sounds of Feedback
The sound of empty space is an art installation by Montreal-based composer Adam Basanta that explores the harmonic sounds created when feedback is generated between…
Timelapse Video of a 57-Story Skyscraper in China Being Built in Just 19 Days
An amazing timelapse shows Chinese building company Broad Group erecting a 57-story skyscraper in just 19 days — that’s an incredible rate of three stories…
The Michelangelo, An Extremely Advanced Prosthetic Hand Designed for Everyday Activities
The Michelangelo is a state-of-the-art prosthetic hand created by Austin, Texas-based medical manufacturer Ottobock that is designed to help wearers perform everyday activities like opening…
A Cartridge Hack That Brings an 8-Bit Version of Netflix to the Original Nintendo Entertainment System
Netflix employees Guy Cirino, Alex Wolfe, and Carenina Motion participated in the company’s latest developer Hack Day by bringing an extremely low-resolution version of the…
The Zoomquilt, An Infinitely Zooming Image Created With a Patchwork of Different Fantasy Paintings
The Zoomquilt is a hypnotic, infinitely zooming image and website created by Berlin artist Nikolaus Baumgarten and a team of illustrators that weaves together a…
‘Let Go’, A Side-Scrolling 8-Bit Music Video by The Very Best Featuring Stop-Motion Animated Pixel Beads
“Let Go” is a new music video from Afro-fusion pop band The Very Best that features a series of 8-bit side-scrolling levels animated with plastic…
A Program That Simulates the Movement of Fluid in Various Scenarios Using ASCII Characters
Programmer Yusuke Endoh earned an honorable mention in the 2012 International Obfuscated C Code Contest with ASCII Fluid Dynamics, a program that simulates the motion…
Vsauce Discusses the Potential for Human Extinction and Whether It Will Be Caused by Humans Themselves
In the latest episode of Vsauce (previously), host Michael Stevens discusses the possibility and probability of global human extinction–and whether it will be caused by…
A Look at the History of the Auteur Theory, Which Celebrates the Director as the Author of a Film’s Vision
In the latest episode of Filmmaker IQ (previously), host John P. Hess traces the history of the auteur theory, a concept in film criticism that…